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From: 3KSNFZM@vmd.cso.uiuc.edu (Edward A. Lisowski)
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Subject: RE: HIV as genetic weapon
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     About 2 months ago, I asked for information about Dr. Francis Cress
Welsing, who was going to speak at the University of Illinois about
"Global White Supremacy and AIDS."  I want to thank all of you who responded.
During her 2 hour talk, she only mentioned HIV once for a few minutes then said
 something about KEMRON during Q and A.  She claimed that HIV has been around
since 1968 and cited a book, "A Survey of Chemical and Biological Warfare," by
John Cookson and Judith Nottingham and  published by Monthly Review Press, in
1970.  Two relevent quotes from the book are:

     "Just recently a great deal of useful work has been done on the Vervet
Monkey Disease which caused seven deaths in Germany.  Reports of progress were:
sent to 40 Laboratories all over the world; ...A non infective complement
fixing antigen has been prepared for distribution to the WHO reference labora-
tories."  (pages 110-111)

     "Vervet monkey disease may well be an example of a whole new class of
disease-causing organisms.  Handling of blood and tissues without precautions
causes infection.  It is unaffected by any antibiotic substance so far tried
and is unrelated to any other organism.  It causes fatality in some cases and
can be venerally transmitted in man.  In words of Dr. C.E. Gordon Smith, 'It
has possible potential as an infectious disease of man.'  It presumably
is also of BW interest."  (pages 322-323)

    A major flaw in Dr. Cress Welsing's analysis is that Vervet (green) monkey
disease is NOT caused by a retrovirus.  I checked with a veterinary pathobi-
ologist at the time as to what causes this disease (I think he said it was
like brucellosis, but I am not certain).  She assumed AIDS came from green
monkeys (according to one theory) and that this is the same as Vervet monkey
disease.  This is not true.  Very few people at her talk that night are
aware of this, unfortunately.

  This may be the same reference that someone referred to in one of the "HIV
as genetic weapon" postings.

Ed Lisowski